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Modern Conflicts
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Episode 127 min2023-02-24
Episode 1: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Phase 3
How the Ukrainian Army decisively pushed back against the Russians at the end of 2022.
Episode 235 min2023-03-24
Episode 2: The Tigray War
Why the Tigray War in Ethiopia, which only ended in 2022, remains the 21st-century's deadliest conflict.
Episode 344 min2023-04-25
Episode 3: The Syrian Civil War
What initially began as protests against the country's regime steadily morphed into a civil war lasting for more than a decade.
Episode 445 min2023-06-09
Episode 4: The Rise of ISIS
How ISIS managed to quickly rise to the apex of their power across Iraq and Syria by 2015.
Episode 525 min2023-07-14
Episode 5: The Fall of ISIS
How an unprecedented coalition of nations and organizations from all around the world destroyed ISIS between 2014 and 2019.
Episode 633 min2023-08-18
Episode 6: The Battle of Bakhmut
How the fighting for control over the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut evolved into Europe's most catastrophic battle since WWII.
Episode 751 min2023-09-22
Episode 7: The Turkish-Kurdish Conflict
The War between the Turkish government and the PKK from its origins in the 1980s into the present day.
Episode 851 min2023-10-20
Episode 8: Myanmar & The Rohingya Genocide
How Myanmar became Southeast Asia's only failed state.
Episode 962 min2023-11-17
Episode 9: Israel & Gaza Before 2023
The history of the conflict between Israel and Gaza between 1987 and 2023.
Episode 1052 min2023-12-08
Episode 10: The Lebanese Civil War
How the Lebanon Civil War produced Hezbollah.